Kwefika kuye indvodza, libito layo kunguJayiru, umphatsi welisinagoge, yanelela kubona Jesu yatilahla phansi embikwakhe.
Imisebenti yebaPhostoli 13:15 - Siswati 1996 Bible Sekufundvwe umtsetfo nemiBhalo yebaphrofethi, baphatsi belisinagoge batfumela livi batsi: “Bazalwane, sicela nikhulume kubantfu nangabe ninawo emavi ekubakhutsata.” |
Kwefika kuye indvodza, libito layo kunguJayiru, umphatsi welisinagoge, yanelela kubona Jesu yatilahla phansi embikwakhe.
“Umtsetfo netimfundziso tebaphrofethi kwasebenta kwaze kwefika sikhatsi saJohane uMbhabhatisi. Kusukela ngaleso sikhatsi sekushunyayelwa liVangeli ngembuso waNkulunkulu, wonkhe umuntfu ulwela kungena kuwo,
“Madvodza, bazalwane, umBhalo bewufanele ugcwaliseke njengekusho kwaMoya Longcwele, lowakhuluma kadzeni ngaDavide macondzana naJudasi, lowahola labo lababopha Jesu.
Bantfu labahlala eJerusalema nebaholi babo abazange bati kutsi Jesu unguMsindzisi, abevanga nemavi ebaphrofethi labawafundza njalo ngemaSabatha, kepha bawagcwalisa ngekubulala Jesu.
Ngobe nemtsetfo waMosi sewushunyayelwe kuwo onkhe emadolobha wafundziswa sikhatsi lesidze emasinagogeni ngemalanga onkhe emaSabatha.”
Emvakwemphikiswano lendze Phetro wasukuma watsi: “Bazalwane bami, niyati kutsi sekusikhatsi lesidze lesendlulile Nkulunkulu angikhetsa emkhatsini wenu kube ngishumayele liVangeli kubetive, khona batewuva bakholwe.
Besuka bonkhe babamba Sostenesi, umphatsi welisinagoge, bamshaya embikwenkantolo, kodvwa Galiyo akakunakanga loko.
Kepha Khrispusi, umphatsi welisinagoge, wakholwa eNkhosini kanye nendlu yakhe, nebantfu labanyenti baseKhorinte lababeve livi kuPawula, bakholwa, base bayabhajatiswa.
“Bazalwane, ngifanele ngikhulume ngalokukhanyako ngakhokho wetfu Davide kutsi wafa wangcwatjwa, nelidliza lakhe likhona la kitsi nalamuhla.
Kwatsi bantfu nabakuva loku, bahlabeka etinhlitiyweni base batsi kuPhetro nakulabanye baphostoli: “Pho, bazalwane, sitakwenta njani?”
Bonkhe bagcwaliswa ngaMoya Longcwele; base bakhuluma ngaletinye tilimi, njengobe Moya wabapha kuphumisela.
Wadzabula tindzawo takhona ahamba akhutsata avuselela labakholwako ngemavi lamanyenti, waze wefika eGrisi,
“Madvodza, bazalwane, nani bobabe, ase ningilalele sengibeke emavi ekutivikela embikwenu.”
Kwadzimate kwatsi Josefa, labengumLevi lowatalelwa eSiphrosi, baphostoli labametsa batsi nguBhanabasi (lokusho kutsi “Lowo Lokhutsatanako”),
Stefano waphendvula watsi: “Bazalwane, nani bobabe, lalelani kimi! Nkulunkulu weludvumo wabonakala kukhokho wetfu Abrahama asahlala eMesophothamiya, asengakatfutsi kuyakwakha eHarani,
Lonesipho sekukhutsata labanye, akabakhutsate; lowabako akwente ngekungakhetsi; longumholi ahole ngesineke, lonesihawu, akasente ngekujabula.
Kodvwa ingcondvo yabo yaba lukhuni, ngisho nalamuhla loku nakufundvwa sivumelwane lesidzala, leyo ndvwangu isehleti; nanyalo ayikembulwa, ngobe yembuleka ngaKhristu kuphela.
Ngiyanincenga-ke, bazalwane, kutsi nilalele kuyala kwami ngekubeketela, ngobe nginibhalele incwadzi lemfisha.